Saul Landau | |
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Born | January 15, 1936 New York City, U.S. |
Died | September 9, 2013 77) Alameda, California, U.S. | (aged
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, filmmaker |
Spouse(s) | Nina Serrano Rebecca Switzer |
Children | 5, including Greg and Valerie |
Saul Landau (January 15, 1936 – September 9, 2013) was an American journalist, filmmaker and commentator. He was also a professor emeritus at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where he taught history and digital media.
Landau was born in the Bronx, New York City. [1] A graduate of Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School, he also earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. [2]
Landau donated his Latin American-related films and papers to the University of California, Riverside Libraries in 2005. He donated his early papers and films to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Television Research. [3]
Landau authored 14 books, [4] produced and directed over 50 documentary films, [5] and wrote editorial columns [6] including for the Huffington Post . [7]
Landau was a member of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. [8]
He frequently appeared on radio and TV shows. [9]
Gore Vidal said, "Saul Landau is a man I love to steal ideas from." [10]
Landau was a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in Washington, D.C. and a senior fellow and former director of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. [11]
He received an Emmy for his film Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang (1980), which he co-directed with Jack Willis, with cinematography by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Haskell Wexler. [12] He won the Edgar Allan Poe Award 1981 for "Best Fact Crime" [13] for Assassination on Embassy Row (with John Dinges; Pantheon 1980) about the murder of TNI Director Orlando Letelier and their colleague and friend Ronnie Karpen-Moffitt. He received the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award for his life's contribution to human rights and also received the Bernado O'Higgins award.
In the early 1960s, he was a member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and wrote the play "The Minstrel Show." [14] At that time he was also working as a film distributor. [15]
Landau died after battling bladder cancer for two years on September 9, 2013, at his home in Alameda, California. He was 77. [16]
Landau's films are distributed by Round World Productions. [17] His 1968 film "Fidel" is distributed by Microcinema.